Music

Music correspondent Kirsten Zemke looks at the phenomenon of the "11 o'clock number" - the theatre term for a big, show-stopping song. Audio

NZ Opera's new General Director, Brad Cohen, talks with Bryan Crump. Video, Audio

Our resident book critic and Verb founder Claire Mabey has a wonderful way of taking song lyrics and turning them into poetry. She's been done this a few times for our music feature and is back again… Audio

Back in the early 2000s Nelson music teacher John Phillips was frustrated by the tired old songs being sung in school assemblies. Now that his song is a social media sensation John is now releasing a… Audio

When Evie's away, the mice...? Evie usually writes these things, So'omalo and Waimirirangi here, we're holding things down while everyone's away - On the show today we have Brandn Shiraz and Jupita… Audio

The slow-burn pace shifts a gear as Fat Freddy’s Drop arrive in Berlin. The band has a strong following in Berlin thanks to the earlier release of Joe Dukie & DJ Fitchie’s "Midnight Marauders." Video

Record producer Ian Tilley on getting the same person, thirty years apart, and an orchestra on the other side of the world, into the same studio. Video, Audio

Australian multi-platinum-selling singer songwriter Matt Corby is heading back to Aotearoa to play two special concerts here supported by Allen Stone. He talks to Jesse. Audio

Tens of thousands of people flocked to Hawke's Bay at the weekend for Robbie Williams concerts at the Mission Estate Winery.

The two concerts were a huge draw to a region still reeling from the… Audio

The slow-burn pace shifts a gear as Fat Freddy’s Drop arrive in Berlin. The band has a strong following in Berlin thanks to the earlier release of Joe Dukie & DJ Fitchie’s "Midnight Marauders." Video

On 17 October the world of music became inestimably poorer with the death of jazz composer Carla Bley. William Dart tributes this extraordinary woman. Audio

Spooky, beautiful, yet funny, Greta Anderson’s photography transforms day into night, while invasive flora and domestic objects glow with spiritual electricity. 

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This week Trevor plays music from virtuoso oud player Rahim AlHaj and internationally renowned harpist Catrin Finch. Audio

London based New Zealander Robinson introduces us to her sparkling new EP Chasing Nirvana. She chats to Jim about her songwriting, the approaching London winter, and finding her creative groove. She… Audio

The Phoenix Foundation are celebrating 20 years since the release of their album 'Horse Power' The Phoenix Foundation perform four songs and Charlotte Ryan talks to Sam Flynn Scott and Luke Buda about… Video, Audio

For the very first time in Aotearoa New Zealand, world-renowned violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter joins forces with the NZSO. Video, Audio